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<blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 2741737" data-attributes="member: 31216"><p>What is the coolest looking genre?</p><p></p><p>This thought came to me last night while looking through my old Star Frontiers rule books. I don't like the far-futuristic look - slick clothes, beam weapons. (Like Star Trek.)</p><p></p><p>I also don't care for the near-future/modern cyberpunk look - weird clothes and hairstyles. But I do like the look of near-future/modern fights - flame-spitting automatic guns, whizzing and impacting bullets.</p><p></p><p>I absolutely love the Old West look - brown leather, black clothe, hats, hip holsters. I like the look of old-style gun fights - the steely look down the barrel, gray smoke, wild shots from a galloping horse.</p><p></p><p>And although "Medieval" fantasy is my favorite genre to play, and it has possibly the widest variation in style, it's not my favorite look. I haven't seen very many really good fight scenes (in static art) for Medieval fantasy. And the few good Medieval fantasy fight scenes I have seen always leave me thinking it would look even better if the combatants were using firearms (even if just flintlocks). I like "realistic" Medieval fantasy even less. <shrug></p><p></p><p>The look of guns, the look of an "adventurer" with a gun, and the look of guns in use are my favorite images. Something about the heat, sound, and smoke of a firefight feels cooler than a sword fight. [I know static art can't portray heat and sound, but you know it's there.]</p><p></p><p>What do you think is the coolest looking genre?</p><p></p><p>Bullgrit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullgrit, post: 2741737, member: 31216"] What is the coolest looking genre? This thought came to me last night while looking through my old Star Frontiers rule books. I don't like the far-futuristic look - slick clothes, beam weapons. (Like Star Trek.) I also don't care for the near-future/modern cyberpunk look - weird clothes and hairstyles. But I do like the look of near-future/modern fights - flame-spitting automatic guns, whizzing and impacting bullets. I absolutely love the Old West look - brown leather, black clothe, hats, hip holsters. I like the look of old-style gun fights - the steely look down the barrel, gray smoke, wild shots from a galloping horse. And although "Medieval" fantasy is my favorite genre to play, and it has possibly the widest variation in style, it's not my favorite look. I haven't seen very many really good fight scenes (in static art) for Medieval fantasy. And the few good Medieval fantasy fight scenes I have seen always leave me thinking it would look even better if the combatants were using firearms (even if just flintlocks). I like "realistic" Medieval fantasy even less. <shrug> The look of guns, the look of an "adventurer" with a gun, and the look of guns in use are my favorite images. Something about the heat, sound, and smoke of a firefight feels cooler than a sword fight. [I know static art can't portray heat and sound, but you know it's there.] What do you think is the coolest looking genre? Bullgrit [/QUOTE]
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